Word: passport
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...groundwork for Yassin's release had begun the previous Friday, the day after the Mossad attack in Amman. According to an official privy to the proceedings, Hussein on Friday compelled the Israelis to acknowledge that the two Canadian passport holders were in fact Mossad agents. Asked whether Hussein threatened to cut off relations with Israel, with which he had made peace in 1994, a palace source replied, "It went beyond that...
...four Harvard and four Radcliffe Marshal positions you must submit a nominating petition signed by 25 classmates along with a black and white passport photo to the Harvard Alumni Association Office on the third floor of Wadsworth House by 3:00 PM, Thursday, September 25,1997. You may draft your own petition or pick up a petition form at Wadsworth House. Include your Harvard ID number, your House affiliation, your correct mailing address, your E-mail address, and your phone number. Your petition should also include a brief five item resume which will be published during election week...
...Italians and Latin Americans--are expected to drop about $1.3 billion on the island, which offers the requisite capitalist vices of beautiful beaches, discos and even golf. There are also a surprising number of Americans, whom Cuban officials wave in through Mexico or Jamaica--no need to get your passport stamped. Even after years of steady growth, the number of vacationers continues to increase 15% annually, the fastest pace in the Caribbean. Tourism has replaced sugar as Cuba's main source of hard currency. That is one reason tourist hotels were the targets of the antigovernment bombings, which caused moderate...
Privacy advocates like Grouf--as well as the two companies that control the online browser market, Microsoft and Netscape--say the answer to the cookie monster is something they call the Open Profiling Standard. The idea is to allow the computer user to create an electronic "passport" that identifies him to online marketers without revealing his name. The user tailors the passport to his own interests, so if he is passionate about fly-fishing and is cruising through L.L. Bean's Website, the passport will steer the electronic-catalog copy toward fishing gear instead of, say, Rollerblades...
...composer; in Mexico City. One of the most curious characters in modern music, he devoted his life to composing almost exclusively for the player piano. He fought with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade against fascist Spain in 1937. His political views led the State Department to refuse to renew his passport in 1940. He moved to Mexico, where he became a citizen...